If you’ve been trying to decide which of the new boxes would make a better escape rig, you might want to consider the video after the jump. It seems a woman in sunny California became irate at the news Kia and Nissan were rolling out slick new boxes of their own. The result is a [...]

I’m beginning to see the appeal of Florida. Whereas the East Coast Autofiends office is drenched in rain and 40 degree weather at the moment, I’m rolling along toward Key Largo with the windows down, tunes up and the sunroof open.  There’s nothing but white sand and blue water ahead of me and with Interpol [...]

If you’ve been wondering why there’ve been scantily few posts as of late, it’s because I’ve been frolicking through Florida in Kia’s new Cube/xB/Element fighter. What’s the word? You’ll just have to wait until Friday for the full We Drive. For now, just be content in knowing I would never invoke the Godfather of Soul [...]

For those of you who picked up your eyebrows when Kia rolled out the Soulster Concept at the Detroit Auto Show last month, we’ve got news. Word ‘round the Web is that the company is considering bringing heir to the Tracker throne to market. Automotive News says that the concept’s overwhelmingly positive reception at the [...]

I. Teammates of Christiano Ronaldo bought him an Enzo pedal car to replace the real 599 GTB he destroyed last week. The Manchester United soccer star, whom you may remember from the first Daily Wrap, took the joke in good fun and said he’d give the pedal car to charity. Incidentally, Ronaldo has decided to [...]

Behold! The Kia Samurai Soulster Concept! Kia ramped the new version of the Soul on stage at the North American International Auto Show, complete with beach balls and dancing youngsters. Seems like there’s a theme going on here. The Soulster sports the same fun-in-the-sun theme as other open-top truck-like rigs, which means the rear passengers [...]

Well now, looks like Edmunds’ Erin Riches got her hands on the new “Hot Box” from Kia, aka the Soul. A car, it should be mentioned, that we’re quite excited to drive. Why? Well, we have a soft spot for smart, practical Japanese boxes [Edit: And hopefully this Korean one]. Honestly, the Nissan Cube is one [...]

As you may or may not remember — speculation ran wild as to what on earth Kia would be bringing to the NAIAS. That’s the North American International Auto Show to you and me. I prophesized that it would be some sort of Subaru Brat Redux. Autoblog on the other hand played it safe and guessed [...]

We so crazy. And that’s why you love us! Er, and that’s why we hope you love us! Yes, our podcast, The Truth vs. Fiends is back for 2009. Back to crazy: in today’s installment Mista Justin and I drift mercilessly from the can’t wait to try it Kia Soul to the hideousness of Cizeta V16s to [...]

So, how much for your Soul? Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Kia has let slip the MSRP for its funky-looking four-door, and the price tag is mighty attractive. The Soul should be on sale by mid 2009 and it’ll carry base price of $13,995. That low bill affords you a 120 horse, 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine with [...]